 Coffee and Cigarettes 2004  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinque Lee, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Joseph Rigano, Vinny Vella, Vinny Vella Jr., Renee French, Cate Blanchett
Over a period of 18 years, Jim Jarmusch put together this series of amusing vignettes, which all revolve around coffee and cigarettes.
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 Cry-Baby 1990   PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: John Waters
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer, Troy Donahue, Joe Dallesandro, Mink Stole, Alan J. Wendl, Kim Webb
Set in Baltimore in 1954, it is the "Drapes" vs. the "Squares" in this good comedy/musical. Cry-Baby (Johnny Depp) is the bike-riding, black-jacketed, juvenile delinquent from the wrong side of the tracks, while Allison (Amy Locane) is a good girl who falls for Cry-Baby and is looking for a new lifestyle. The 1950s are recreated well, complete with jukeboxes and music of the era.
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 Dead Man 1995  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Mili Avital, Iggy Pop, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Gabriel Byrne
Set in the late 1800s, this is the story of William Blake (Johnny Depp) who journeys from Cleveland to the West where he has been promised a job at the Dickinson Steel Works. Once there, he is told the position is no longer available. Out of money, Blake has a brief affair resulting in the murder of the son of the mill owner. Escaping his pursuers, Blake teams up with an Indian (Gary Farmer), and they embark on a strange odyssey together.
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Hardware 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Stanley
Cast: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, William Hootkins, Iggy Pop, Mark Northover, Paul McKenzie, Lemmy, Mac McDonald, Carl McCoy, Chris McHallem, Barbara Yu Ling, Oscar James, Arnold Lee, Susie Savage
Set in a post-apocalyptic world covered by contaminated debris fields, people live in cramped dwellings eating synthetic food. The birthrate of mutants is also increasing, resulting in the use of a Cyborg force to control population. One man, Moses Baxter (Dylan McDermott), dares to venture out in the wasteland, where he picks up debris that he might be able to sell. He comes across some android parts, which he takes to his girlfriend, Jill (Stacey Travis), who welds metal art objects. But the new find is part of a Cyborg, and it rebuilds itself from the parts Jill has on hand and then begins a killing rampage.
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Persepolis 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Comedy
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, Gabrielle Lopes, Arie Elmaleh, Jean-Francois Gallotte, Mathias Mlekuz, Sacha Alliel
This animated film is adapted from Marjane Satrapi's two autobiographical novels. Spirited, fun-loving Marjane (voice of Gabrielle Lopes ) is nine years old and living in Tehran when the Shah is overthrown. Her parents (voices of Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian) and grandmother (voice of Danielle Darrieux) are in support of the revolution, and, after learning about Iran's history, Marjane agrees. Later, as a teenager, Marjane (now the voice of Chiara Mastroianni) finds her own ways to rebel–until her parents send her to a boarding school in Vienna. Feeling stranded, Marjane returns to Iran but suffers more under the mullahs and, finally, leaves for France when she is 24 and finds a better life. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Animation Feature.
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Snow Day 2000  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Koch
Cast: Chris Elliott, Mark Webber, Jean Smart, Chevy Chase, Pam Grier, Zena Grey, Schuyler Fisk, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Iggy Pop, John Schneider
When a blizzard forces a school closing for the day, 15-year-old Hal Brandston (Mark Webber) sets out to make the most of it by impressing the beautiful Claire (Emmanuelle Chriqui). Meanwhile, others in his family get involved in their own struggles during one day of precious time off.
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 Tank Girl 1995  R, 103 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rachel Talalay
Cast: Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Ann Cusack, Ice-T, Don Harvey, Iggy Pop, James Hong, Scott Coffey, Brian Wimmer
Rebecca Buck "Tank Girl" (Lori Petty) steps from her comic book pages onto the screen in this soft-core porn film about super-trials in the super-lives of superheroines. Tank Girl takes on the evil Water and Power Company in the year 2033. Maybe the Citizens Utility Board finally realized their futility!!
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| 1. Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
2. The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
3. Cry-Baby (1990)
4. Dead Man (1995)
5. Hardware (1990)
6. Persepolis (2007)
7. Snow Day (2000)
8. Tank Girl (1995)
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